PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies and Marlins took different routes to the same fishing hole, where they will spend October watching the postseason instead of participating in it.

What both teams are trying to ascertain as the 2013 regular season winds down is how much they can expect from their young players.

Miami has been in that mode from the start, dumping veterans in the winter and giving young, inexpensive players a crash course in big-league ball.

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The Phillies have recently pivoted to that mode, and largely have gotten promising signs from their prospects.

Wednesday night, the Marlins’ youngsters did a little more to impress and secure a 4-3, 10-inning win at a Citizens Bank Park.

Adeiny Hechavarria, perhaps the only shortstop in baseball with the capability to wow at Andrelton Simmons levels, had a pair of plays that created gasps in the usually unimpressed press box. The first was a leaping stab of a Cody Asche line drive that sent him at least three feet skyward, while the speed of the smash spun his body and sent him crashing to the ground after the full extension.

The second play came in the bottom of the eighth, and if he didn’t make it this would have been a 4-3 Phillies victory. With the score knotted, 3-3 after Giancarlo Stanton mashed a massive two-run homer in the the sixth off Ethan Martin, Domonic Brown opened the eighth with a double. After Brown moved to third on a Darin Ruf groundout, Asche struck out to leave it to Roger Bernadina, who hit a hard one-hopper to the right of Hechavarria, who made the stop with a full-extension dive and recovered to make the throw to first and end the inning.

In the top of the 10th, it was Marlins third baseman Ed Lucas who snapped the deadlock with a leadoff solo homer to left field off Cesar Jimenez. The Phillies had a huge opportunity to not only tie it in the bottom of the 10th, but win it when Carlos Ruiz reached on an error, then Brown delivered another double to put runners at second and third with no outs.

That threat quickly went sour. Ruf popped out weakly to right, and after Asche was intentionally walked, Bernadina struck out. Freddy Galvis pinch-hit and tapped out meekly.

The Marlins opened the scoring in the fifth, as an RBI groundout by Donovan Solano had been set up by a wild pitch from rather wild rookie reliever Luis Garcia.

The Phillies answered back in the bottom of the fifth. It seemed fitting that they scored the tying run when Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis – adding to his impressive collection of awful performances against the Phillies this season – couldn’t handle a slider, and the passed ball allowed Bernadina to score.

Moments later, Chase Utley gave the Phils a 3-1 lead, concluding a huge series with a two-run single. Utley had 10 RBIs in the three-game set with the Marlins.